The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-01-29
Sales Advertised ip "Tbe Upiop."

Sales Advertised ip "Tbe UQiOq'"
Monday, January slst, by Robert H. Smith, trus
tee, house and lot on Falls ROAD, near DelWoo'
wednesday, February I'd, by Frank Sanderson
personal property on 'Plains Farm" Reisters
Thursday, February Sd, by William A. Anderson
personal property on "Glencoe Farm" Glen
coe N. G. r. r.
Tuesday. February sth, by William S. Keech
trustee, real estate on Franklin road about sl1
miles from Baltimore.
Wednesday,, February 18th, by Henry Schm 11ts
district.
Tuesday, February 18th, by S, Parker Bosley, as
signee real estate of Geo. Ehrhart, situated AZ
miles from Baltimore on Philadelphia turnpike
Wednesday, February 18th, 1881, by VIM. L. Riley
farm and personal property, near PnBnlX, Bal
timore county.
Lent begins this year on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 23d.
The County Commissioners this week ap.
pointed Caleb S. Hobbs constable for the I'd dis
trict, vice Trueman Putney, failed to qualify.
An exchange very aptly remarks that thu
weather is as changeable as a cheap politician
and as unreliable as q seven dollar gold watch.
During the year 1855, Messrs. Black a
McComas, of White Hall, Northern Central Rail
road, shipped $4,000 bushels of grain from that
place. :,
will be that proposals asked for the erec-
ton of the new Bethel Presbyterian Church, neal
Jarrettsvile.
A stereoptcon exhibition will be given at
Reisterstown NJ. E. Church, Tuesday evening,
Feb. 9Th, commencing at II o'clock. Admission
Is and 25 cents.
a daily mail service has been established
between Randallstown and Homewood, Baltimore
county, with VIM. C. 0'Dell, messenger; compen-
sation Sis per annum.
The postofice called Costa, established a
short time ago in the eastern section of this coun-
ty, has been discontinued and the mail that for
merly went there now goes to Perry Hall.
Gen. James C. Clark, president of the IL
linois Central Railroad Company, formerly su-
perintendent of the Ashland furnaces, Baltimore
county was in Baltimore on Monday last.
The Knights of Labor employed in one OF
the quarries at Texas, who struck some time ago
against reduction of wages, have at last been
successful and have resumed work at the old rates.
Many of the old subscribers to The UNION,
whose papers were discontinued at the end of last
year because of their failure to settle up, have
since squared off the old scores and subscribed
again.
--Benjamin Chairman, employed in Atkin-
sons quarries, on the Falls road, had all the
fingers of one of his hands mashed off on Tues
day by having them caught in the machinery OF
derrick.
v.
Bannon, Treasurer of Anne Arundel county, was
in Towsontown on Monday, and called at The
UNION office. He is connected with the tax office
in Annapolis.
Mr.. Horace Thompson, son of DR.. William
S. Thompson, of the Sth district, who has been a
resident of Providence, Rhode Island, for about
three years, came home on brief visit last week
and returned on Thursday.
The young folks connected with the Nj. E.
OF Fall at
residence of their pastor, Rev. L. l.. Brown, on
Wednesday last, and presented his wife with a
large and beautiful set of china.
--Messrs. S. P. Demuth & Sons, of Dulany' g
Valley, are building house Franklin street,
Baltimore, for Mr.. Chas. P. Knight. They are
frst-class mechanics and it is good card for
them to get q contract in the city.
The Grand Jury at York has indicted
Messrs. w. Scott Whiteford and VIM. F. McSpar-
ran, prominent citizens of the vicinity of Delta,
"for unlawfully transactng business in Pennsyl-
vania for foreign corporation"
Mr.. Thos. B. Jarrett, the newly appointed
Sheriff for Hartford county, has bonded and enter
ed upon the discharge of his duties. Mr.. james
V. Whiteford, who was chief deputy under the late
Sheriff Carman has been retained in his old place.
Mr.. Thomas B. Galloway, of the Sth dis
trict lately appointed an assistant weigher in the
Baltimore Custom House, assumed the duties OF
his Office on Tuesday. He is a son of the late
DR.. John Galloway and is well known young
man.
Mr.. R. C. McGinn, teacher of the public
school at Woodbury., now has $40 pupils. Owing
to sickness in the neighborhood the school had
fallen off considerably, but it is again picking up
rapidly. His school has numbered upwards OF
$50 pupils.
Some residents of the Belt, in the vicinity OF
Charles street avenue, are complaining that the
garbage is not promptly removed from their prem
Uses. The county pays man to do this work
and he should be compelled to perform his duties
in q satisfactory manner.
james ]. st. Clare, Howard county farm
er, was tried before Justice of the Peace on
Tuesday, charged with violating the game law in
having shot six cartridges. He was convicted
and sentenced to pay 81 fine for each bird and costs
amounting in all to $3.50.
Prof. Hanna, principal of Towsontown pub
lie school, has started debating club for his
boys, which meets one evening each week, when
historical and other subjects discussed. The
boys manifest much interest in the work, which
will no doubt be of great benefit to them.
Mr.. Carroll S. Macgill, of Baltimore county,
was best man at the wedding of Mr.. Albert L.
Tharp to Miss Emily 7. Goldsborough, which
took place at Easton, Md on Wednesday last
Mr.. Tharp is prominent young member of the
bar and an active Republican politician.
Mrs. Mary A. Shealey, ofthis town, who fell
down the steps of her residence about two weeks
ago, and who was for time threatened with con-
gestion of the brain, has regained consciousness
but lies in an entirely helpless condition. She is
an aged woman and her recovery is doubtful.
Major John c. Wrenshall, who, as announ-
ced in The UNION several weeks ago, had been
appointed receiver of the DanvilIe and New River
Railroad, took charge of the same on Wednesday.
Major Wrenshall was the first receiver of the
Maryland Central road, and has many friends
here.
The Northern Central R. R. Company is
now charging four cents per gallon for transport
ing cream from Monkton to Baltimore, and if q
five or seven gallon can has only three gallons in
It, the charge is the same as though it were full.
Until recently the charge was the same as for
milk-two cents per gallon.
Col. W. S. Franklin and Mr.. T. C. Blair,
who have leased extensive limestone quarries at
Texas, will put large force of men to work as
soon as the weather will permit and they expect
to raise 200, 900 tons of stone per month, which
will be shipped to Ashland and other furnaces on
the Northern Central road.
Rev. VIM. D. Litsinger, native of Tow
sontown, and who is now pastor of Hopewell and
Lapidum M. P. Churches, Hartford county, lately
received donation visit from his people, who al
most filed his house with supply ofthe necessaries
and good things of this life. The visit was q
most pleasant one to all concerned.
About sixty men employed in the cooper
ing establishments of Messrs. McCauley and Isaac,
at EIlicott City, struck on Tuesday for advance
of two cents on each -four barrel turned out. They
are now getting ten cents per barrel and demand
twelve. About twenty of Mr.. McCauley's men
stuck, and his shops are still running.
The famous Dan Christ who has for years
been a terror to the people Of Reisterstown and
vicinity, was tried in Court here on Monday,
charged with being a tramp. 1t was Dams usual
good luck to get of, and he will now 60 back to
his former haunts and continue to annoy the law
abiding people of that section of the county.
-Towsontown's hook and ladder truck was
run out to the fire on the Joppa road, Tuesday
night, and the ladders rendered good service in
saving Mr.. Bsyne's house, which stands very
near the burned Baublitz house. This apparatus
would be valuable at fires if the men who handle
it knew how to work the ladders, &C., properly.